Archive for 'Winter 2009' Category

Welcome

By cswindale - Last updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Welcome to the winter edition of “The Business End”.  The last few months have seen more changes at Shield, as I am sure most of you will have noticed our new telephone system went live on 2nd November.  The new system means that all calls to Shield should be answered more efficiently and directed to [...]

Customer Profile: Greenstones Chartered Accountants

By cswindale - Last updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

GreenStones are a firm of accountants whose ambition is to inspire, challenge and support its customers to be the best they can be. Based in Lynch Wood, Peterborough a team of 18 do all the usual accounting work like preparing accounts and saving you tax and in addition to this they show you how to [...]

Silk Road Return to Shield

By cswindale - Last updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Returning customers are so much more than repeat customers.  Returning customers make a conscious decision and act upon it.  This is why we were thrilled when Silk Road Design, came back.   Welcome back Silk Road Design!

Welcome Aboard

By cswindale - Last updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

We are delighted to welcome a number of new clients to Shield Technologies over recent weeks, including: Silk Road Design . . . Hately Services . . . Papershrink . . . Froggatt Gottwald Consulting . . . VCF Physiotherapy

Customer Survey

By cswindale - Last updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

At Shield Technologies we take the opinions and experiences of our customers very seriously, and are now taking this one step further by producing a regular customer service survey.  The results below are for November 2009 only; future survey results will be quarterly and published in this newsletter. Customers were asked to rate the following [...]

Customer Profile: Business Watch Fire & Security

By cswindale - Last updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

BusinessWatch are Fire and Security specialists, offering a complete service from survey & installation to aftercare and maintenance on a whole portfolio of products and services.  The company provides highly personalised fire & security solutions to a wide range of clients, from large multi-site operations to small single site businesses.  In all cases, the service [...]

The Advantages of Using Social Networking Sites

By cswindale - Last updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Social Marketing is currently being given a lot of press, due to its recent place in the business sector.  As social marketing becomes increasingly popular, many companies are successfully reaching new customers and established clients alike.  Unfortunately this article cannot be long enough to explain all the things social marketing can do for your business.  [...]

Employees Use of Social Networking Sites

By cswindale - Last updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Whilst there may be some legitimate and advantageous uses of sites like Twitter and Facebook for some businesses there can of course be a number disadvantages that employers should be aware of.  The use of social networking sites can become almost addictive to some people who use the sites to gossip and arrange their social [...]

Power Saver

By cswindale - Last updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

We all want to save ourselves and our businesses money where we can; at Shield Technologies we believe that as well as shopping around for the cheapest utilities suppliers you can save even more with this new energy saving product. Clever Watts will not save you thousands of pounds a year but it will save [...]

Did You Know Only 3% of Today’s Security Problems are Traditional Viruses

By cswindale - Last updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Did you know only 3% of today’s security problems are traditional viruses? Viruses are created by computer programmers.  Perhaps to demonstrate their skills or eager students seeking admiration for their peers, more often viruses are created by cyber-criminals.  Designed to copy personal data such as passwords or credit card details or to use your internet [...]